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To: epicure who wrote (96924)	3/2/2005 6:32:35 PM
From: Bill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

But you are putting innocent victims at risk. * Surveys and interviews of district attorneys indicate that some prosecutors "use the death penalty as a 'bargaining chip'" What are the implications of this? How many victims have been spared murder when the same tactic is used by police in a crisis?

To: epicure who wrote (96924)	3/2/2005 9:11:36 PM
From: coug	Respond to of 108807

Hi ionesco, I only perused this capital punishment debate here so I don't know if this thought was mentioned or not.. The idea that "state killing" promotes additional murder outside the system because people, young people especially, see execution by the highest authority as a proper way to end a problem. So they take that "mind set" to their own personal disputes. If the "state" uses it and sees it as "proper", why can't they "use" it too. Rightly or wrongly knowing that a mistake might be made but what the heck the "state" makes mistakes too... I didn't Google it but I just wonder if the states that use capital punishment the most have the highest murder rates. I think the US has one of the highest murder rates in the industrialized world and is about the last one that has capital punishment on the books so I don't see why the smaller subsets of societies, states, etc. should be different. Individuals also get reinforced in their own application of "capital punishment" by the use of "premptive war" by the heads of their own society. :( These types of serious problems have deep-seated roots and people have to realize it to solve them.. Just like putting "Clearisil" <sp> on a pimple doesn't cure it, it only covers it up. They should look to the 'chocolate' <g> that causes it.. m